The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Football cracks top 10 in national rankings
09.13.2020 | Football
The Longhorns are ranked No. 9 in the AP Top 25 and No. 8 in the Amway Coaches Poll this week.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Football program climbed into the top 10 of the national rankings this week, jumping five spots to No. 9 in the Associated Press Top 25 and six spots to No. 8 in the Amway Coaches Poll. The Longhorns' No. 8 slot in the Coaches Poll marks the program's highest ranking in one of the two major polls since Week 9 of the 2018 season when UT was ranked No. 6 in the AP Top 25 and No. 7 in the Coaches Poll.
Texas has held a spot in at least one of the national rankings in 27 of the last 34 polls, dating back to the start of the 2018 season. Twenty-one of those weeks have seen UT ranked in the top 15 of at least one of them, including seven with at least one top-10 ranking.
The Longhorns are coming off a 59-3 victory over UTEP in Saturday night's season opener. Led by senior QB Sam Ehlinger (25-of-33, 426 yards, 5 TDs), Texas set school records for passing yards (481) and passing touchdowns (7), and logged 689 yards of total offense – the third-best single-game output in UT history. Defensively, Texas allowed only 43 rushing yards on 33 carries (1.3 ypc) and allowed the Miners to convert only three third-down conversions on 16 tries.
Texas is scheduled to return to action on Saturday, Sept. 26, with its Big 12 opener against Texas Tech in Lubbock. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. CT on FOX.
